Matthew Taylor on The Power to Create
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- The 21st century presents us with huge challenges. How can we empower people to be active participants in creating a world we want to live in? In this extract from his annual RSA Chief Executive's Lecture, Matthew Taylor offers a vision for the future - a world where every individual has the freedom and opportunity to develop their unique capabilities to the full.
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creativity extends beyond just the business world. It drips through to teaching, mentoring, parenting, relationships, weight loss, health, and everyday problem solving everyday life situations. We should all be creative everyday when it comes to making life better for ourselves and everyone else. If we don't like something about our lives, take responsibility and fix it with your creative thoughts because your BOSS won't do that for you. Be the change. #MP
I am so proud to be an RSA fellow. Will be attending my first event in June!
In order for this dream to become a reality, we really need to change the education system so that it will be able to encourage creativity rather than our current one in which tries to diminish it.
Since the the power to create resides in each and everyone one of us, maybe what we desire are individuals who persevere despite these barriers, not only so we can understand how to develop and enhance resiliency, but to help us expedite the process of change we need to see in people, organizations, places and societies that hinder creativity or waste talent!
I recently finished writing a children's book or an English project at school that I named "The Power to Create" and now I just googled the name of my book to see if it was the name of anything else and found this video. It's really neat because this video pretty much has the same message that my book has; about everyone having the ability to be creative, but explained for older audiences while my book explains it for younger audiences. Great minds think alike?
A speech surprisingly deficient in creative dialogue and elocution considering its subject matter. In the 21st century, talking the talk is in abundance.
It would be foolhardy to fool ourselves into thinking we are living in such enlightened and creative times. Sentiment that, figuratively, would have the great minds of renaissance turning in their graves. For a better view.
One only needs to turn on the tv to know we don't live in such times.
I believe the video doesn't suggest that we already do, but rather that it is still possible to make the transition.
One only needs to turn on the tv to know we don't live in such times.
I believe the video doesn't suggest that we already do, but rather that it is still possible to make the transition.
I literally searched "the power to create" on google because I've been feeling for a long time like I haven't been achieving much. Whenever I come up with a really good idea it always feels like there's something that makes reaching it a stroll through quicksand. Furthermore, some of these things feel like intentional and completely unnecessary barriers, whether it's outright restricted access to some tool or overly convoluted systems that seem to be either designed ineptly or cobbled together like a rickety fairy-tale house that would be condemned if not held up by the power of magic or something. At times it feels like you're only allowed to bore yourself with some menial distraction and it's been pretty disheartening over the years. At least this is a bit of inspiration.
Hang in there my fellows 💪
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your latest on says, Seventeen million people, many of whom were already disillusioned and angry are starting to realise there will be no more money for the NHS and that most migrants have no intention of ‘going home’. Low paid people in the UK have seen no rise in their living standards since 2000 I thought it was about the arts not how you can of implied that art has anything to do with politics on a grass roots level, as art comes from there it does not stagnate art it picks it up but you sir as they used to say have dropped art for a seat the words any straw will do comes to mind .
Well meaning, but so imprecise in its definitions. Great start with "Power to Act" but then went through so many generalisations and obfuscation about everything and anything in the world that it became impossible. Perhaps if I had watched it to the end, I would have understood it better.
On the other hand, thank you for trying and do not feel down heartened.
Much to do to release full spectrum motivational flow across all 7bn + earthlings...Human Potential is a significant part and not the whole. This was done in Sept 2014 - would be great to update each year in line with new awareness.
We are all born with the muscles for creativity. Muscles that grow with the exercise of Self-Determination. 👍
Interesting that most of creativity nowadays means engaging people to consume more and we forget to say that consumerism is a central issue responsible for most of our problems.
+SunshineInWoods We can't go back to the days when everyone was self-sufficient....Nobody has the skills or means anymore to make their own clothes, grow their own food, and live only to meet their needs. Technology has made it possible for us to have the freedom to do more with our lives then fulfilling mundane daily tasks. Sure you still have to maybe wash your own dishes and clothes, but at least you don't have to dig patches of ground, plant seeds, nurture and harvest your crop at the end of the year. You can just buy things at the grocery store, isn't it convenient? Even dish washers and laundry machines free-up even more of our time to focus our attention to solving bigger problems. Over consumption is an issue, hoarding is problematic, but consumption is necessary for survival.
We should fully embrace our freedom and make healthy choices to further innovate towards a sustainable world order.
Hello ineuifity! I agree with you, but I do not think we are discussing the same matter. Consumerism is about keeping on buying goods and services that are not necessary. What you are talking about is division of labour in society and how we spend our time.
I have worked with teens in a private school for 12 years. They've been surrounded by technology their entire lives, yet all they can do, and all they want to do, is send each other selfies, 'learn photoshop' (but don't put in the effort to even learn the basics), 'make music' (but don't get past looping silly sounds in some crappy DubStep sequencer), 'make games' (without learning a line of code), and headshot each other for three hours every night in CoD.
20% of our society, the ones with real motivation, intelligence, vision and creativity, carries the other 80% who are lazy, nonchalant, self-absorbed, self-entitled losers. Are people coding apps on their tablets? No, they're watching Game Of Thrones, and that is not going to change.
It's a nice sentiment, but the second half about undoing barriers seems quite vague-- the solution offered is "just differently from before, I'm not sure what, just differently." I suppose I'll have to watch the full talk...
Watch the full lecture. Matthew goes in too much more detail on what creativity is as well as tying his idea of social power to it. Not as good as his previous lecture but certainly a must watch.
This was inspiring.
'Today we are on the cusp of an unprecedented opportunity'. I wonder how many times that's been said through the ages followed by the equivalent of today's 'elites' attempts to end net neutrality etc. I thought the sewing machine visual analogy at 1.34 was unintentionally ironic. I wonder how much time or energy the sweat shop worker in Lahore has to empower their creativity? The fact that this is effectively being said from an position of global elitism, says a lot imho.
fantastic video
please we need subtitles in spanish. thanks!
inspiring
take art out of the RSA because that is the most one-sided proper gander ADD I have ever seen
That was all feel good garbage with no nutritional value
With that attitude you're right, have fun not striving for a creative life. Not that that's how you should live your life.
Damian Campbell there's nothing creative in spouting the ridiculous claims @ 1:55. Personal responsibility is the answer, not the imaginary collective that is good and kind. Yes, there's good that can come from working together, but making the statement that more is necessarily better is inherrently flawed. Like minded people with similar goals and ideal working together can be good. But taking equal doses of Keynes and Hayek will only result in misery because their ideals come from radically different perspectives and have almost no common ground. Creativity is wonderful and we all can contribute, but just because you have an idea doesn't necessarily mean its any good.
It's very general but there are some very in depth practical and philosophical frameworks behind the message.
Because this is a short. Doing a 2.5 hour "Zeitgeist" explanatory video wouldn't make sense.
This is essentially juxtaposing the lobbyist corporatism model of economic scarcity to the democratic technological model of economic abundance.
These are both very REAL models of resource distribution.
This is saying that if you value the exclusivity our current society, you'd prefer our existing model despite its disadvantages in creativity.
However, if you value creativity over exclusivity, we must develop a new model which draws upon our inherent desires for both self-actualization of individuality and of community, despite such a model's disadvantages to exclusivity.
That's a broad statement which encompasses a lot of things but it's not simply "feel good garbage." It has a basis in logic.
What's wrong with exclusivity? Holding high standards is what separates the US [historically] from the rest of the world... the shining city on the hill?
Michael Burke Now you're the one being vague (garbage with no nutritional value).
Let's be specific. Exclusivity (as we're using the term here) is discussing Corporatist Capitalism which functions off economic scarcity and demands growth despite physical resource limitations of our planet.
We're discussing creating an over-priviledged class (one that cannot fail) and an under-priviledged class (one that cannot succeed).
We are NOT discussing putting A students on the Dean's List.
Exclusivity (as the term is used here) is NOT exceptionalism.
Do you understand this distinction?
And if you can demonstrate you understand it, do you have a reasoned disagreement with it?
big loud shout I hear no one shouting back,,,,I The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a London-based, British organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges.[1] Founded in 1754 as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, it was granted a Royal Charter in 1847 or am I wrong I never knew it was set up to thwart the efforts of good honest people because if you read on their own web site they do have a very worrying point of view of the Brexit vote meaning all thick people and none art lovers voted for remain which is not the case you push the realm of your own boarders with that 1 it will have no impact but your statement might
i know this is trying to be serious... but the hands just annoy me too much...
This actually wount work. You can't have too many creatives in society because the society stops working. Because they start to question values that don't need to be questioned. And every one becomes confused. Society needs tradition. It needs consistency.
this comes across as very patronising
I got that feeling too. I liked the overall message, but it was a little too sugar coated
Agreed, it is unpractical. If we listened to the voices of every individual, we'd never get anything done...It means we need a clever platform to vote on which ideas to discuss and pursue.
What can benefit from the multiple perspectives is being able to reach a holistic understanding of the problem at large. Seeing the 'big picture', which is a necessary step to take in order to solve the problem for the long-term.
This is about 4 minutes and 15 seconds too long. The images make the nonsense no less nonsensical.
+ Barry A. Smith What didn't you like about it? It does seem a little idealistic, but if we had a practical method of accessing an unified creative consciousness, wouldn't that be great?
Creative Life? How about a world free of war, with available health care and education. This seems another "me me me" video. Creative people are inherently creative, this is a genetic quality. It is a happy talk which is a nice diversion from the news but it certainly isn't a necessary one.
There is no scientific evidence to prove that creativity is a genetic quality. It's more about one's upbringing and how encouraged creativity is for an individual. It's kind of like smoking, children of smokers are more likely to be smokers than children of parents who don't smoke. At the same time however there are many children with smoking parents who don't smoke and vice versa.
PrincessClipClop Creativity is one of our 6 inherited traits. Just and being lax and or ambitious is another.
***** That sounds like a half truth posted as a scientific paper. I'm sure creativity can come easier if you come from a creative gene pool but there is no chance that it is majorly a genetic trait. Are you by any chance able to post an article about the 6 inherited traits?
P.S. I'm not trying to state your objectively wrong. I do believe you are wrong but am fully aware that it's a subjective and bias view that's led me to believe so. I've never looked into anything about creativity being genetic before hence my bias opinion and the reason I'd love you to share any paper/article that states it is genetic.
PrincessClipClop You are born; lazy or ambitious, organized or disorganized, open minded or closed minded, calm or neurotic (pessimist or optimist), extroverted or introverted, empathetic or unsympathetic. This is a bell curve and creativity falls within the open/closed minded categories.
Our personalities should be stabilized by age 30 and people do not change past this general age unless catastrophic events occur. (that is a good thing - nice to know who you work with or are coming home too)
We certainly can learn new skills but it is understood we regress to the mean.
Paul Bloom’s baby studies would be a good place to start but he of course is a little more flexible than I am as I study the brain and he is a psychologist.
***** +TheShells So in a sense it's like being born with base stats that can change but once you reach the maximum level (age 30) they remain as they are. Each stat being capable of moving towards one of the two opposite personality traits at a time e.g. empathetic or unsympathetic kind of like alignment scales.
In other words it's not that you're either born creative or not it's closer to your born with a high capacity to learn to be creative or being born with a lower compacity to learn to be creative?
This was inspiring.